Jeremy Glick
A passenger on Flight 93 who, after learning of the other attacks, joined the revolt that prevented a greater catastrophe in Washington, D.C.
1970–2001 (age 31)·Flight 93 passenger on 9/11·Birthday: September 3·Generation X
Biography
Jeremy Glick was a national collegiate judo champion from New York, a man whose athleticism and competitive spirit were matched by a deep love for his family. On the morning of September 11, 2001, he was traveling for business, a routine trip that placed him on United Airlines Flight 93. After the hijacking, he called his wife from the plane, learning that other aircraft had been flown into the World Trade Center. In that harrowing conversation, he conveyed a stark choice: do nothing or act. Glick, along with other passengers, made a collective decision to storm the cockpit. Their courageous struggle, which ended with the plane crashing into a Pennsylvania field, is widely believed to have thwarted the hijackers' target, likely the U.S. Capitol. Glick's legacy is not one of a victim, but of an ordinary citizen who, in an extraordinary moment, chose to fight back.
Generation X
1965–1980
The latchkey kids. Raised during divorce, recession, and the end of the Cold War. Skeptical, self-reliant, media-literate. They invented indie culture, grunge, and the early internet — then watched the Boomers take credit.
Jeremy was born in 1970, placing them squarely in the Generation X. The events that shaped this generation — economic uncertainty, the end of the Cold War, and the rise of personal computing — shaped the world they entered and the choices available to them.
#1 When Jeremy Was Born
The biggest hits of 1970
#1 Movie
Love Story
Best Picture
Patton
#1 TV Show
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Jeremy's Life & Times
The world at every milestone
1970Born
First Earth Day; The Beatles break up
Gas: $0.36/galHome: $17,000Min wage: $1.60/hrPresident: Richard Nixon"Bridge over Troubled Water" — Simon & GarfunkelBest Picture: Patton
1975Started school
Fall of Saigon ends the Vietnam War
Gas: $0.57/galHome: $27,600Min wage: $2.10/hrPresident: Gerald Ford"Love Will Keep Us Together" — Captain & TennilleBest Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1983Became a teenager
Internet adopts TCP/IP, creating the modern internet
Gas: $1.16/galHome: $57,700Min wage: $3.35/hrPresident: Ronald Reagan"Every Breath You Take" — The PoliceBest Picture: Terms of Endearment
1986Could drive
Challenger disaster; Chernobyl nuclear meltdown
Gas: $0.86/galHome: $66,600Min wage: $3.35/hrPresident: Ronald Reagan"That's What Friends Are For" — Dionne & FriendsBest Picture: Platoon
1988Could vote
Pan Am Flight 103 bombed over Lockerbie
Gas: $0.90/galHome: $74,800Min wage: $3.35/hrPresident: Ronald Reagan"Faith" — George MichaelBest Picture: Rain Man
1991Turned 21
Soviet Union dissolves; World Wide Web goes public
Gas: $1.14/galHome: $82,400Min wage: $4.25/hrPresident: George H.W. Bush"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" — Bryan AdamsBest Picture: The Silence of the Lambs
2000Turned 30
Y2K passes without incident; contested Bush-Gore election
Gas: $1.51/galHome: $119,600Min wage: $5.15/hrPresident: Bill Clinton"Breathe" — Faith HillBest Picture: Gladiator
2001Died at 31
September 11 attacks transform the world
Gas: $1.46/galHome: $126,400Min wage: $5.15/hrPresident: George W. Bush"Hanging by a Moment" — LifehouseBest Picture: A Beautiful Mind
Key Achievements
- Won the National Collegiate Judo Championship in 1993 while attending the University of Rochester.
- Was a passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001.
- Participated in the passenger-led revolt that is credited with preventing the hijacked plane from reaching its intended target in Washington, D.C.
Did You Know?
He was a sales manager for an internet communications firm and was traveling to a business meeting in California on 9/11.
His wife, Lyzbeth, was pregnant with their daughter when he died.
In his final phone call, he told his wife he and others were voting on whether to take action against the hijackers.
“We're going to do something. I'm going to put the phone down.”
